Earth

Soap bubbles are sticky enough to carry a pollen payload and delicate enough to land on flowers without harm.

COVID-19-related lockdowns dampened human activity around the globe—giving seismologists a rare glimpse of the earth’s quietest rumblings. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Art museums are filled with centuries-old paintings with details of plants that today give us clues about evolution and breeding practices.

Meteorologists take advantage of weather data collected by commercial jetliners at different altitudes and locations. Fewer flights mean less data.

The research narrows the range for how much Earth’s average temperature may rise if CO₂ levels are doubled

Originally published in August 1846

Originally published in November 1904

Fifteen communities set records for the number of days with such floods last year

Climate action today will take decades to manifest in global temperatures because of “climate inertia”

Old, big trees are dying faster than in the past, leaving younger, less biodiverse forests that store less carbon worldwide.

Many species are known to have changed their migration routes in response to the changing climate. They now include mule deer and Bewick’s swans.

Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the planet, including one about a 70-million-year-old mollusk fossil that reveals years back then had a few more days than we have now.